Austin Deer Hunter First Fatality In Minnesota Hunt
Leonard L. Lew, 45, of Austin, was killed by a 30 caliber shot fired by lifelong friend Tony Decker during a Carlton County deer hunt near Cromwell. Decker said he mistook movement for a deer and the death was ruled accidental. no inquest. Lew, a Geo A Hormel employee and World War II veteran, left a wife and three children. Services set for Mayer Funeral Home with VFW graveside rites.
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Austin
Leonard L. Lewis
Bryan
Minnesota
Lewis
Tony Decker
Cromwell
Carlton County
Thomas Riley
Jens Bertelsen
Decker
Peter Schinn
Ray Langevin
Ting
Riley
Bertelsen
Carlton
Robert Barr
Barr
Lewis and
Waltham
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Air Force
Caroline
Ronald
Jean
Claude Lewis
Ward Lewis
Elmer Weiland
St. Paul
George Loehndorf
Hopkins
Ben Porter
St. Louis Park
Herbert Schmidt
Minneapolis
Mayer Funeral Home
H. H. Kooy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Grandview Memorial Garden
Bernard Metzler
Pillager
Cook County
Albert Mal
Metzler
Brainerd
Buck Simpson
Cass County
Lawrence Rosty
Little Falls
Rosty
Leonard Vendetti Jr
Hibbing
Vendetti
Don Nash
St. Patrick
Minn
Backus
James Doten
Robbinsdale
Crosby
Five Rice County Hunters Die From Gas In Trailer Tragedy
Five Minnesota deer hunters from Rice County died from asphyxiation after a faulty gas heater left a nearly airtight trailer in a snowy wilderness area. Names include Ernest Schrader and Leo Strough. Two other hunters were killed by gunfire during the opening weekend, with several wounded.
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Rice County
Minnesota
Cook County
Lutsen
Ernest Schrader
Northfield
Rice County Board of Commissioners
Lawrence Schrader
Dundas
William Becker
Leo Strough
Faribault
Carl
Almen
Cuba Seeks U.N. Action On Hungarians Deportations
At the United Nations, Cuba urged urgent U.N. action to halt reported Soviet deportations of Hungarians. The Cuban draft shifts blame to the Soviet army of occupation in Hungary and calls for Dag Hammarskjold to report back on compliance, with potential further action.
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United Nations
N.Y
Cuba
U.N
Endre Sik
General Assembly
Janos Kadar
Emilio Nunez- Portuondo
Russia
United States
Hungary
Soviet Union
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Sen
Knowland
Calif
U. S. Senate
Lodge
Ireland
Italy
Pakistan
Peru
Dag Hammarskjold
Assembly
Russia and Poland Sign Equality Declaration in Moscow
Soviet and Polish leaders closed four days of talks with a declaration of an indestructible union and full equality. Russia would keep troops in Poland with Warsaw veto power over movements, plus aid to Poland's economic crisis. Gomulka Cyrankiewicz and Bulganin Khrushchev signed the accord.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Poland
Warsaw
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Gomulka
Cyrankiewicz
Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Polish Communist Party
Eight killed in Iowa highway crashes raise 1956 toll
Eight weekend traffic deaths push Iowa motor vehicle deaths to 643 for 1956, surpassing the 1954 all time high of 633. Victims include Lindy Umbrell 29 Ruthven Iowa. Mrs Mary Lucille Huston 67 Dunlap. Mrs Mary Lou Lythgoe 22 Sioux City. Larry John Denison 20 Dallas Iowa. Richard Hamner 31 Kahoka Missouri. Bob Siegler 20 Fort Madison. Mrs Karl Stefan 71 Norfolk Nebraska. Richard Kausgard Bellevue Nebraska.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Lindy Umbrell
Ruthven
Mary Lucille Huston
Dunlap
Mary Lou Lythgoe
Sioux City
Larry John Denison
Dallas
Richard Hamner
Kahoka
Bob Siegler
Fort Madison
Karl Stefan
Norfolk
Neb
Richard Kausgard
Bellevue
Fire Sweeps Penney Store in Rochester
A basement fire engulfed the J. C. Penney store in downtown Rochester damaging a three story building that housed Christmas merchandise. Fire officials estimated losses up to 500000 with the first floor and south wall collapsing as firemen battled the blaze until early Sunday.
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Rochester
J. C. Penney
Rochester, Minn
Frank Evarts
Arthur Reiss
Missing Deer Hunter A J Heilstad Near Mille Lacs
Search efforts resumed for 68 year old A J Heilstad of Minneapolis who vanished in the Mille Lacs game refuge while deer hunting with his brother in law S A Dalland and Dalland's son Harold. Officials reported torn red pants found at the scene and tracks suggesting aimless wandering as authorities extended the hunt.
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Onamia, Minn
Minneapolis
Mille Lacs
Conservation Department
A. J. Heilstad
Heilstad
Mille Lacs Lake
S. A. Dalland
Dalland
Harold
Dallands
Budapest Workers Begin Slowdown After Strike Break
In Budapest the Soviet backed government crushed a general strike but Hungarian workers returned to the factories in a defiant slowdown. Between 30 and 50 percent reported for work as power shortages and transport woes hindered production. At Csepel Island workers appeared in uniform but did little work, stating the act aimed to protect wages and solidarity.
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Budapest
Janos Kadar
Hungary
Vienna
Radio Budapest
Csepel
Danube
White House to Bring Hungarian Refugees to U.S.
The first plane carrying about 70 Hungarians left Vienna for McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey arriving Tuesday at noon. The Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration funds the transport for about 5,000 refugees with more planes planned Wednesday and Thursday. Milwaukee and Camp Kilmer near New Jersey receive centers and 1,500 offers of housing and jobs arrive to aid 2,102 persons and 265 families, in addition to church and voluntary groups already assisting.
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Washington
White House
Vienna
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
James C. Hagerty
Flying Tiger Line
Intergovernmental Committee For European Migration
Hagerty
Eisenhower
United States
Atlantic
McGuire Field
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Milwaukee
State Department
Mrs. Luce Resigns as Ambassador to Italy
Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce resigns as ambassador to Italy after a White House meeting with President Eisenhower. The effective date remains undecided, with Luce planning to leave after Christmas and to return to private life, though she will remain available for service if needed.
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Luce
Italy
Washington
Clare Boothe Luce
Eisenhower
White House
Ike Introduced Thanksgiving Turkey At White House
President Eisenhower met a 40 pound live turkey in the White House rose garden. He stroked the bird and joked it was a big one thanking the giver, J Arza Adams of Pleasant Grove Utah, president of the National Turkey Federation, for the gift.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
J. Arza Adams
Pleasant Grove
Utah
National Turkey Federation
Fire destroys Max Gray Lumber Yard in Hibbing
A blaze swept the Max Gray Lumber Yard at Hibbing Minnesota on Sunday causing an estimated loss over 50,000 dollars. Firefighters fought the flames for nearly three hours.
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Hibbing
Minn
Max Gray
Two Spring Valley Youths Wounded in Hunting Accident
In a hunting accident near Spring Valley Minnesota Ronald Miland fifteen and Victor Rathbun sixteen were wounded. Miland suffered a severe arm injury requiring possible amputation if infection develops. Rathbun lost the tip of a finger and both were taken for medical care after a loaded shotgun discharged from a moving tractor.
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Spring Valley
Minn
Here
Ronald Miland
Rochester
Victor Rathbun
Ronald
Orville Miland
Victor
Wilbur Rathbun
Paul Ahern
Paul Ahern, Jr
Ahern
Young Ahern
Storm Dumps Foot of Snow on Colorado
The Rocky Mountain region endures a heavy November snowstorm that blanketed northwestern Colorado with about a foot of snow, closing roads and schools as traffic snarled. Wyoming plains saw up to eight inches, with heavier accumulation in mountain areas. Denver Weather Bureau reports the storm moving into Kansas and Nebraska plains.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Northwastern
Colorado
Wyoming
Plains
U. S Weather Bureau
Kansas
Nebraska
Plans for Suez salvage work to reopen canal
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold returns to New York to report on talks with Egyptian leaders and the plan to begin U N help for reopening the Suez Canal a six month salvage effort. Egypt asks for clearance and a UN police role to secure the cease fire and canal reopening.
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Maps
Suez
United Nations
Dag Hammamskjold
New York
U. N. General Assembly
Middle East
U. N
Suez Canal
Cairo
Hammarskjold
Egypt
Nasser
Assembly
Ali Sabry
U.N
Canal
General Assembly
Israel
Sabry
Two Minnesota couples killed in separate collisions
Six Minnesotans died Sunday in traffic accidents raising the 1956 toll to 557. Victims included two couples: Orrin Bombarger and his wife near Hibbing after a head on collision. Peter Kabaczi and his wife and their two daughters hurt in a car truck crash near Redwood Falls. A 74 year old Minneapolis man, Herman Wodtke, died from injuries after being struck on an icy street. Jean Gunderson, 9, died Friday night after being struck from a sled. Elizabeth Breeggemann, 75, died six hours after being struck on West Third Street. Police identified Vestrem as the driver of the car that hit Mrs. Breeggemann.
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Associated Press
Herman Wodtke
Girard Ave. N
Minneapolis
General Hospital
Orrin Bombarger
Hibbing
Bombarger
Alfred
Clifford Smith
Peter Kabaczi
Atomic Weapons Cocked as Pacific Fleet Prepares to Roll
U S Pacific Fleet, warned to Middle East crisis, keeps atomic weapons ready and ships converging toward Asia. Admiral Stump canceled- planned trips as secrecy shrouds movements while officials insist no panic exists and carriers carry weapons.
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U.S. Pacific
Ific
Middle East
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Pal
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Arthur Lund
Mather
Idlewild
Mideast
Ann
Mary
Redwood Falls
Kabaczi
James Kelly
Kelly
Elizabeth Breeggemann
Shakopee
Charlies
William Vestrem
Jean Gunderson
Albert Lea
Honolulu
U.S
Asia
Navy
Prac
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Felix Stump
Australia
Olympics
Stump
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